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Online Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
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Manuscript, "Dogmatik", by Georg Benedict Winer. 1843-1844. German and some Greek and Hebrew.
A work by the German Protestant theologian and linguist Georg Benedikt Winer (1789-1858). To the best of our knowledge, a work with this title, by Winer, has never been published.
[174] ff., approx. 20.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Some leaves detached. Small tears and creases to margins of some leaves. Damaged card cover. Front cover and spine detached. Back cover partly detached.
A work by the German Protestant theologian and linguist Georg Benedikt Winer (1789-1858). To the best of our knowledge, a work with this title, by Winer, has never been published.
[174] ff., approx. 20.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Some leaves detached. Small tears and creases to margins of some leaves. Damaged card cover. Front cover and spine detached. Back cover partly detached.
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"Ma'aseh BeRabi Ephraim Zalman Margolioth veSefer HaZoref." Handwritten leaf from the archives of Joseph Perl. [Galicia, 19th century]. Hebrew.
This document deals with different parts of "Sefer HaZoref" which Rabbi Ephraim Zalman Margolioth (Chief Judicial Rabbi of Brody) obtained from various sources. Among other things, it relates that he received a manuscript of "Sefer HaZoref" which had been copied from a manuscript belonging to Rabbi Israel Ba'al Shem Tov, founder of the Hasidic movement, who stated that "worlds can be built upon it".
[1] f., written on both sides, 24 cm. Fair condition. Several open tears, with damage to text. Tears to edges. Stains.
See:
1. Zeev Rabinovitz, "Al ‘Sefer HaZoref’ by Rabbi Yehoshua Heschel Zoref", Zion, VI, 1940-41 (Hebrew), pp. 80-84.
2. Gershom Scholem, "HaNavie HaShabtai R' Heschel Zoref – R' Adam Baal Shem". In: David Assaf and Esther Libas (eds.), "Hashelav Ha'aharon, Mehkarey HaHasidut shel Gershom Scholem", Jerusalem, 2008-09 (Hebrew), pp. 41-63.
This document deals with different parts of "Sefer HaZoref" which Rabbi Ephraim Zalman Margolioth (Chief Judicial Rabbi of Brody) obtained from various sources. Among other things, it relates that he received a manuscript of "Sefer HaZoref" which had been copied from a manuscript belonging to Rabbi Israel Ba'al Shem Tov, founder of the Hasidic movement, who stated that "worlds can be built upon it".
[1] f., written on both sides, 24 cm. Fair condition. Several open tears, with damage to text. Tears to edges. Stains.
See:
1. Zeev Rabinovitz, "Al ‘Sefer HaZoref’ by Rabbi Yehoshua Heschel Zoref", Zion, VI, 1940-41 (Hebrew), pp. 80-84.
2. Gershom Scholem, "HaNavie HaShabtai R' Heschel Zoref – R' Adam Baal Shem". In: David Assaf and Esther Libas (eds.), "Hashelav Ha'aharon, Mehkarey HaHasidut shel Gershom Scholem", Jerusalem, 2008-09 (Hebrew), pp. 41-63.
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Online Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
July 27, 2021
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Book of Hours, early illustrated print edition. No title page, publisher not indicated [probably Paris: Philippe Pigouchet, late 15th or early 16th century]. Latin and some French.
Each page of text is framed with miniature illustrations; ten full-page woodcut illustrations. Red and blue initials.
Philippe Pigouchet's version of the Book of Hours is considered one of the most beautiful variants of this work to be created following the introduction of the printing press, and one of the most splendid prayer books from the early years of printing. In preparing this book, Pigouchet was evidently influenced and inspired by a number of different illuminated Christian manuscripts and books, such as the "Biblia pauperum" (Paupers' Bible), Legenda aurea (Golden Legend), "Danse Macabre" (Dance of Death), and other books. He printed a number of different editions of the Book of Hours in the late 15th and early 16th centuries, in collaboration with the renowned Parisian bookseller Simon Vostre.
Incomplete copy. Apparently missing title page, numerous pages of almanac (for months January-March and August-December), three full-page woodcuts, and additional leaves from body of text.
[76] ff., approx. 16 cm. Fair-poor condition. Stains, small holes, and tears. Open tears to edges of some leaves, affecting woodcuts. Large open tear to one leaf (most of leaf missing). No binding. Book split into several parts (detached gatherings and leaves).
Each page of text is framed with miniature illustrations; ten full-page woodcut illustrations. Red and blue initials.
Philippe Pigouchet's version of the Book of Hours is considered one of the most beautiful variants of this work to be created following the introduction of the printing press, and one of the most splendid prayer books from the early years of printing. In preparing this book, Pigouchet was evidently influenced and inspired by a number of different illuminated Christian manuscripts and books, such as the "Biblia pauperum" (Paupers' Bible), Legenda aurea (Golden Legend), "Danse Macabre" (Dance of Death), and other books. He printed a number of different editions of the Book of Hours in the late 15th and early 16th centuries, in collaboration with the renowned Parisian bookseller Simon Vostre.
Incomplete copy. Apparently missing title page, numerous pages of almanac (for months January-March and August-December), three full-page woodcuts, and additional leaves from body of text.
[76] ff., approx. 16 cm. Fair-poor condition. Stains, small holes, and tears. Open tears to edges of some leaves, affecting woodcuts. Large open tear to one leaf (most of leaf missing). No binding. Book split into several parts (detached gatherings and leaves).
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Online Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
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The Bible, that is the holy Scriptures conteined in the Olde and Newe Testament, Translated According to the Ebrew and Greeke. [Amsterdam? late 16th century or early 17th century]. On the title page: London: Deputies of Christopher Barker, 1599. English.
The Geneva Bible is one of the earliest English translations of the Bible, and the first to be divided into verses (the division into chapters was done earlier). The Bible was translated by Protestant scholars, who escaped England due to the persecutions of Queen Mary, who tried to bring England back to Catholic Christianity, and found refuge in Protestant Geneva. After the crowning of Queen Elizabeth I (in early 1559) and the return to Anglican Christianity in England, a complete edition of the Geneva Bible was printed for the first time (Geneva, 1560); in 1575, this Bible was printed for the first time in England. The Geneva Bible became very popular and was widely distributed; by the mid-17th century, over a hundred and fifty different editions were printed.
The book includes woodcuts (including illustrations of biblical scenes), tables, references and introductions, and a foreword for each chapter.
Several different editions of the Geneva Bible are known to use the imprint "London 1599". These editions differ from one another, and many of them were in fact printed during the 17th century. This edition was possibly printed in Amsterdam ca. 1599 or slightly later, as one of the editions intended for English Puritans in the Low Countries. (See: Historical catalogue of the printed editions of Holy Scripture in the library of the British and Foreign Bible Society, edited by T.H. Darlow and H.F. Moule. London, 1903. Part I, p. 115, A-C).
At the end of the volume, metrical Psalms.
[3], 3-24, 26-47, 50-63, 65-83, 85-190; 127; [1], 3-121; [11] ff. Missing 9 leaves (including several woodcuts): two leaves at the beginning of the book, leaves 2, 25, 48-49, 64 and 84 from the first sequence (Old Testament) and one leaf from the third sequence (following the title page of the New Testament). The first leaf of the Book of Genesis is bound out of order, with two non-paginated leaves at the beginning of the volume. At the end of the volume – metrical Psalms: [4] ff., 90, 93-94, [10] pp. (one leaf missing – pp. 91-92). 21 cm. Gilt edges.
Fair-poor condition. Stains. Wear and tears, including open tears and some large tears, affecting text (some of them restored). Worming, slightly affecting text. Margins trimmed, affecting text on upper part of leaves. One of the leaves is mounted on paper for reinforcement. Ink notations (early). Leather-covered card binding, worn and blemished, with abrasions and peelings; tears to its edges and corners. New spine.
The Geneva Bible is one of the earliest English translations of the Bible, and the first to be divided into verses (the division into chapters was done earlier). The Bible was translated by Protestant scholars, who escaped England due to the persecutions of Queen Mary, who tried to bring England back to Catholic Christianity, and found refuge in Protestant Geneva. After the crowning of Queen Elizabeth I (in early 1559) and the return to Anglican Christianity in England, a complete edition of the Geneva Bible was printed for the first time (Geneva, 1560); in 1575, this Bible was printed for the first time in England. The Geneva Bible became very popular and was widely distributed; by the mid-17th century, over a hundred and fifty different editions were printed.
The book includes woodcuts (including illustrations of biblical scenes), tables, references and introductions, and a foreword for each chapter.
Several different editions of the Geneva Bible are known to use the imprint "London 1599". These editions differ from one another, and many of them were in fact printed during the 17th century. This edition was possibly printed in Amsterdam ca. 1599 or slightly later, as one of the editions intended for English Puritans in the Low Countries. (See: Historical catalogue of the printed editions of Holy Scripture in the library of the British and Foreign Bible Society, edited by T.H. Darlow and H.F. Moule. London, 1903. Part I, p. 115, A-C).
At the end of the volume, metrical Psalms.
[3], 3-24, 26-47, 50-63, 65-83, 85-190; 127; [1], 3-121; [11] ff. Missing 9 leaves (including several woodcuts): two leaves at the beginning of the book, leaves 2, 25, 48-49, 64 and 84 from the first sequence (Old Testament) and one leaf from the third sequence (following the title page of the New Testament). The first leaf of the Book of Genesis is bound out of order, with two non-paginated leaves at the beginning of the volume. At the end of the volume – metrical Psalms: [4] ff., 90, 93-94, [10] pp. (one leaf missing – pp. 91-92). 21 cm. Gilt edges.
Fair-poor condition. Stains. Wear and tears, including open tears and some large tears, affecting text (some of them restored). Worming, slightly affecting text. Margins trimmed, affecting text on upper part of leaves. One of the leaves is mounted on paper for reinforcement. Ink notations (early). Leather-covered card binding, worn and blemished, with abrasions and peelings; tears to its edges and corners. New spine.
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Online Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
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Biblia, das ist alle Bücher der H. Schrift – the Bible translated by Johannes Piscator. Herborn: Christoff Raben, 1604 and 1605. German. The first two parts, bound together.
The first two parts of the Bible translated by Reformed theologian Johannes Piscator (1546-1625). First part: the Pentateuch; second part: Joshua, Judges, the Scroll of Ruth, 1 Samuel and 2 Samuel, 1 Kings and 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles and 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and the Scroll of Esther (subsequent parts were printed separately, later).
In this edition of the Bible (known as the Piscator Bible), Piscator strived to introduce a translation that was more loyal to the Hebrew and Greek sources than the Martin Luther translation which preceded it.
[12] ff., 544; 676 pp. 24 cm. Good-fair condition. Browned paper stains. Tears and minor blemishes to several leaves. Signature on front endpaper (in pen). Vellum-covered card boards (with blind-stamped decorations). Binding worn, stained and slightly loose, with tears. Vellum partly detached from card boards.
The first two parts of the Bible translated by Reformed theologian Johannes Piscator (1546-1625). First part: the Pentateuch; second part: Joshua, Judges, the Scroll of Ruth, 1 Samuel and 2 Samuel, 1 Kings and 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles and 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and the Scroll of Esther (subsequent parts were printed separately, later).
In this edition of the Bible (known as the Piscator Bible), Piscator strived to introduce a translation that was more loyal to the Hebrew and Greek sources than the Martin Luther translation which preceded it.
[12] ff., 544; 676 pp. 24 cm. Good-fair condition. Browned paper stains. Tears and minor blemishes to several leaves. Signature on front endpaper (in pen). Vellum-covered card boards (with blind-stamped decorations). Binding worn, stained and slightly loose, with tears. Vellum partly detached from card boards.
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La Sainte Bible, qui contient le Vieux et le Nouveau Testament. First title page – Amsterdam: Z. Chatelain, [1724] / New Testament part – Amsterdam: Jean Frederic Bernard and Herman Uitwerf; Rotterdam: Jean Daniel Beman, 1724. French.
French edition of the Old and New Testaments, with commentary and exegesis by Jean-Frédéric Ostervald (1663-1747), a Protestant priest and theologian from Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Two columns per page (except for introduction at beginning); separate title page for New Testament. Includes engraved plates (folded) featuring maps, tables, and family trees.
[1] f., XI, [1], 760 pp; [1] f., 279 pp. + [4] folded engraved plates. Approx. 39 cm. Good condition. Several leaves with moderate browning. Minor stains, including ink stains. Minor creases and tears to edges of some leaves. Small holes to edges of few leaves (with damage to page numbering). Notation on front flyleaf. Leather-covered, gilt-decorated binding; slight abrasion and wear.
French edition of the Old and New Testaments, with commentary and exegesis by Jean-Frédéric Ostervald (1663-1747), a Protestant priest and theologian from Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Two columns per page (except for introduction at beginning); separate title page for New Testament. Includes engraved plates (folded) featuring maps, tables, and family trees.
[1] f., XI, [1], 760 pp; [1] f., 279 pp. + [4] folded engraved plates. Approx. 39 cm. Good condition. Several leaves with moderate browning. Minor stains, including ink stains. Minor creases and tears to edges of some leaves. Small holes to edges of few leaves (with damage to page numbering). Notation on front flyleaf. Leather-covered, gilt-decorated binding; slight abrasion and wear.
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Online Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
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Evangelische deutsche Original-Bibel, the Bible, translated by Martin Luther. Züllichau / Sulechów (today in Poland): Verlag des Waisenhauses bei G. B. Frommann, 1741. German and Hebrew. First volume of two (the Old Testament only, without the New Testament).
Hebrew-German edition of the Bible translated by Martin Luther, with a foreword by Johann Muthmann.
This volume comprises the Torah, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, Samuel, the two Books of Chronicles, Ezra, Nechemya, Ester, Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs. Frontispiece engraving depicting biblical figures; historiated initials and additional ornaments on some leaves.
64, [2] pp. (including the engraving), [667] leaves (intermittent pagination), approx. 24.5 cm. Stains, including dampstains. Minor creases and some small tears. Ink notations (early) on some leaves. Inked stamp on verso of the engraved plate. Leather-covered card binding, stained and blemished, slightly loose. New spine, slightly blemished.
Hebrew-German edition of the Bible translated by Martin Luther, with a foreword by Johann Muthmann.
This volume comprises the Torah, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, Samuel, the two Books of Chronicles, Ezra, Nechemya, Ester, Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs. Frontispiece engraving depicting biblical figures; historiated initials and additional ornaments on some leaves.
64, [2] pp. (including the engraving), [667] leaves (intermittent pagination), approx. 24.5 cm. Stains, including dampstains. Minor creases and some small tears. Ink notations (early) on some leaves. Inked stamp on verso of the engraved plate. Leather-covered card binding, stained and blemished, slightly loose. New spine, slightly blemished.
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Die fünf Bücher Mose übersetzt von Moses Mendelssohn, für Bibelfreunde aller Konfessionen, und zunächst für Israeliten bestimmt – the Pentateuch translated by Moses Mendelssohn (1729-1786). Dessau and Berlin: D. Fränkel and M.H. Bock, 1815. German and some Hebrew.
[2] ff., iv, 447, [1] pp. 20 cm. Fair-good condition. Foxing and dampstains on all leaves. Ink stains, some dark (some on text). Creases. Some tears, not affecting text. Several leaves slightly scorched (at bottom). Card binding, with a leather spine. Gilt impression on spine (title and the year 1836). Small tears and wear to binding edges. Small open tears to spine.
[2] ff., iv, 447, [1] pp. 20 cm. Fair-good condition. Foxing and dampstains on all leaves. Ink stains, some dark (some on text). Creases. Some tears, not affecting text. Several leaves slightly scorched (at bottom). Card binding, with a leather spine. Gilt impression on spine (title and the year 1836). Small tears and wear to binding edges. Small open tears to spine.
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Online Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
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Biblia Sacra Polyglotta. London: Samuelis Bagster, [1869?]. Two volumes.
Multilingual edition of the Holy Scriptures, in eight languages: Hebrew, Latin, Greek, English, German, French, Italian and Spanish (the original and the translations are printed on facing pages). Printed at the end of the book is a translation of several passages from the Pentateuch into Samaritan Hebrew and a translation of the New Testament into Syrian Aramaic.
Volume I: [4] ff, 52 pp, [431] ff. Volume II: [440] ff. Approx. 40 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor blemishes. Bindings with abrasions, chipping and bends in the corners and spine, partly restored.
Multilingual edition of the Holy Scriptures, in eight languages: Hebrew, Latin, Greek, English, German, French, Italian and Spanish (the original and the translations are printed on facing pages). Printed at the end of the book is a translation of several passages from the Pentateuch into Samaritan Hebrew and a translation of the New Testament into Syrian Aramaic.
Volume I: [4] ff, 52 pp, [431] ff. Volume II: [440] ff. Approx. 40 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor blemishes. Bindings with abrasions, chipping and bends in the corners and spine, partly restored.
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Online Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
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La Sainte Bible selon la Vulgate – the Bible (Vulgate), translated by Jean Jacques Bourasse and Pierre Janvier. With wood engravings by Gustave Doré. Tours, France: Alfred Mame, 1866. French. Second edition. Two volumes.
Elegant French edition of the Bible, illustrated with 230 engraved plates (wood engravings) by French artist Gustave Doré (1832-1883). The wood engravings were designed by Doré and made by 29 print artists under his supervision. The text was printed in two columns and is accompanied by ornaments by French artist Hector Giacomelli (1822-1904).
Volume I: [2] ff., 904 columns, [3] ff., + [119] plates. Volume II: [1] f., 942 columns, [4] ff. + [111] plates, 42 cm. Gilt edges. Good condition. Stains. Minor blemishes and some tears. Pieces of tape to margins of some leaves. Semi-leather bindings (gilt impressions on spine), worn.
Elegant French edition of the Bible, illustrated with 230 engraved plates (wood engravings) by French artist Gustave Doré (1832-1883). The wood engravings were designed by Doré and made by 29 print artists under his supervision. The text was printed in two columns and is accompanied by ornaments by French artist Hector Giacomelli (1822-1904).
Volume I: [2] ff., 904 columns, [3] ff., + [119] plates. Volume II: [1] f., 942 columns, [4] ff. + [111] plates, 42 cm. Gilt edges. Good condition. Stains. Minor blemishes and some tears. Pieces of tape to margins of some leaves. Semi-leather bindings (gilt impressions on spine), worn.
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187 engraved plates (out of 188) from the book "Historische Bilder Bibel" – biblical illustrations by Johann Ulrich Krauss (1655-1719). Augsburg, 1702. German.
A "disassembled" copy of the book "Historische Bilder Bibel" – the book's engraved plates and title pages (numbered 2-188; missing first title page), loose; each mounted on thick paper. Places in three fine cases.
187 plates, 22 cm. Stains and minor blemishes. Minor blemishes to the paper mounts and to cases.
A "disassembled" copy of the book "Historische Bilder Bibel" – the book's engraved plates and title pages (numbered 2-188; missing first title page), loose; each mounted on thick paper. Places in three fine cases.
187 plates, 22 cm. Stains and minor blemishes. Minor blemishes to the paper mounts and to cases.
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C. Plinji Liber secundus de mundi historia, second book of "Natural History" by Pliny the Elder, by Jacob Milich with additions and comments by Bartholomäus Schönborn. Leipzig: Iohannes Steinman, 1573 (imprint from colophon). Latin.
The second book in the encyclopedic series Natural History by Pliny the Elder (a series of 37 books from the first century A.D. covering topics including geography, agriculture, astronomy, mathematics, medicine, zoology, commerce and art, and containing approx. 20,000 entries). This is an annotated edition by the German mathematician and astronomer Jacob Milich (1501-1559), first printed in 1535, with comments and additions by the German scholar Bartholomäus Schönborn (1530-1585).
The book deals with astronomy and contains various astronomical illustrations and charts (one of them on a folded plate).
The book has a leather-covered wooden binding by artist Georg Kammerberger II (stamped G.T.), a member of the well-known Kammerberger family of binders, who owned a bindery which operated during the 16th-17ht centuries in Wittenberg, Germany. On the front board: a coat of arms of the Holy Roman Empire; beneath it, the inscription "Des H. Remi Keisertums Wappen" and the year 1583, and above it, the letters I.H.O. (possibly representing the name of the owner of the book). On the back board: the coat of arms of Augustus, Elector of Saxony and beneath it the inscription "Insignia Et Electo. Saxo".
636 pp. [634, mispagination], [6] leaves + [1] plate. Approx. 19.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. A small wormhole to margins of approx. seventy of the last leaves (not affecting text). Holes and small tears to edges of title page and back endpapers. Without front endpapers. Stained binding (a large stain on the lower part of the back board), with blemishes and wear to corners and spine.
The second book in the encyclopedic series Natural History by Pliny the Elder (a series of 37 books from the first century A.D. covering topics including geography, agriculture, astronomy, mathematics, medicine, zoology, commerce and art, and containing approx. 20,000 entries). This is an annotated edition by the German mathematician and astronomer Jacob Milich (1501-1559), first printed in 1535, with comments and additions by the German scholar Bartholomäus Schönborn (1530-1585).
The book deals with astronomy and contains various astronomical illustrations and charts (one of them on a folded plate).
The book has a leather-covered wooden binding by artist Georg Kammerberger II (stamped G.T.), a member of the well-known Kammerberger family of binders, who owned a bindery which operated during the 16th-17ht centuries in Wittenberg, Germany. On the front board: a coat of arms of the Holy Roman Empire; beneath it, the inscription "Des H. Remi Keisertums Wappen" and the year 1583, and above it, the letters I.H.O. (possibly representing the name of the owner of the book). On the back board: the coat of arms of Augustus, Elector of Saxony and beneath it the inscription "Insignia Et Electo. Saxo".
636 pp. [634, mispagination], [6] leaves + [1] plate. Approx. 19.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. A small wormhole to margins of approx. seventy of the last leaves (not affecting text). Holes and small tears to edges of title page and back endpapers. Without front endpapers. Stained binding (a large stain on the lower part of the back board), with blemishes and wear to corners and spine.
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